Martin Shaw

Martin Shaw

Known for
Acting
Born
January 21, 1945 (age 81)
Birthplace
Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK

Biography

Martin Shaw (born 21 January 1945) is an English actor. He is known for his roles in the television series The Professionals, The Chief, Judge John Deed and Inspector George Gently. He has also acted on stage and in film, and has narrated numerous audiobooks and presented various television series, including the 2006 series Martin Shaw: Aviators.

Known For

Filmography

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Commando poster

Commando

TV · as Narrator · 5 eps

2021
The Long Call poster

The Long Call

TV · as Dennis Stephenson · 4 eps

2017
6 Days poster

6 Days

Movie · as John Dellow

2017
Strike poster

Strike

TV · as Tony Landry · 3 eps

2017
Our Lives poster

Our Lives

TV · as Self - Narrator · 1 ep

2014
Toil And Trouble: Making 'Macbeth' poster

Toil And Trouble: Making 'Macbeth'

Movie · as Self

2012
Playhouse Presents poster

Playhouse Presents

TV · as Piers Hunt · 1 ep

2011
Operation Jericho poster

Operation Jericho

Movie · as Presenter

2010
Clouds Are Not Spheres poster

Clouds Are Not Spheres

Movie · as Self - Host

2010
Dam Busters Declassified poster

Dam Busters Declassified

Movie · as Himself

2008
Apparitions poster

Apparitions

TV · as Father Jacob · 6 eps

2008
Inspector George Gently poster

Inspector George Gently

TV · as George Gently · 25 eps

2007
Lemur Island

Lemur Island

TV · 10 eps

2007
Cranford poster

Cranford

TV · as Peter Jenkyns · 1 ep

2006
The One Show poster

The One Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2006
Davina

Davina

TV · 1 ep

2005
The Murder Room poster

The Murder Room

TV · as Adam Dalgliesh · 2 eps

2004
The Murder Room poster

The Murder Room

Movie · as Adam Dalgliesh

2004
Who Do You Think You Are? poster

Who Do You Think You Are?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
100 Years of Powered Flight poster

100 Years of Powered Flight

Movie · as Narrator

2003
Death in Holy Orders poster

Death in Holy Orders

TV · as Commander Adam Dalgliesh · 2 eps

2001
Judge John Deed poster

Judge John Deed

TV · as Judge John Deed · 28 eps

1999
The Scarlet Pimpernel poster

The Scarlet Pimpernel

TV · as Citizen Chauvelin · 6 eps

1999
Always and Everyone poster

Always and Everyone

TV · as Robert Kingsford · 32 eps

1996
Rhodes poster

Rhodes

TV · as Cecil John Rhodes · 8 eps

1995
The Life and Loves of Oscar Wilde poster

The Life and Loves of Oscar Wilde

Movie · as Oscar Wilde (voice)

1994
Truth or Dairy poster

Truth or Dairy

Movie · as Self

1992
Black and Blue

Black and Blue

Movie · as Chief Supt. Mike Barclay

1991
For the Greater Good poster

For the Greater Good

TV · as Peter Balliol MP · 3 eps

1990
Ladder of Swords poster

Ladder of Swords

Movie · as Don DeMarco

1990
Who Bombed Birmingham? poster

Who Bombed Birmingham?

Movie · as Ian McBride

1990
The Chief poster

The Chief

TV · as Chief Constable Alan Cade · 23 eps

1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot poster

Agatha Christie's Poirot

TV · as Sir Charles Cartwright · 1 ep

1989
Screen One poster

Screen One

TV · as Chief Supt. Mike Barclay · 1 ep

1988
Intrigue poster

Intrigue

Movie · as Roskov

1988
The Most Dangerous Man in the World poster

The Most Dangerous Man in the World

Movie · as Suleiman

1985
The Last Place on Earth poster

The Last Place on Earth

TV · as Captain R. F. Scott · 7 eps

1984
An Audience with Mel Brooks poster

An Audience with Mel Brooks

Movie · as Self (uncredited)

1984
Facelift poster

Facelift

Movie · as Zax

1984
The Explorers

The Explorers

TV · as Burke · 1 ep

1983
The Hound of the Baskervilles poster

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Movie · as Sir Henry Baskerville

1983
Dalgliesh poster

Dalgliesh

TV · as Adam Dalgliesh

1982
East Lynne poster

East Lynne

Movie · as Archibald Carlyle

1982
The Kenny Everett Television Show poster

The Kenny Everett Television Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1982
Wogan poster

Wogan

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1981
Six Fifty-Five Special poster

Six Fifty-Five Special

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1980
Cream in My Coffee poster

Cream in My Coffee

Movie · as Jack Butcher

1978
An Audience with... poster

An Audience with...

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1977
Our Kid

Our Kid

Movie · as Paul

1977
The Professionals poster

The Professionals

TV · as Doyle · 57 eps

1977
BBC2 Play of the Week poster

BBC2 Play of the Week

TV · as Michael J. Arlen · 1 ep

1977
Jubilee 1977

Jubilee 1977

TV · as Paul · 1 ep

1976
Beasts: Buddyboy poster

Beasts: Buddyboy

Movie · as Dave

1976
Beasts poster

Beasts

TV · as Dave · 1 ep

1976
The New Avengers poster

The New Avengers

TV · as Larry · 1 ep

1976
The Duchess of Duke Street poster

The Duchess of Duke Street

TV · as Arthur Leyton · 1 ep

1975
Operation: Daybreak poster

Operation: Daybreak

Movie · as Karel Curda

1975
Love's Labour's Lost poster

Love's Labour's Lost

Movie · as King Ferdinand

1974
Electra poster

Electra

Movie · as Orestes

1973
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad poster

The Golden Voyage of Sinbad

Movie · as Rachid

1973
Achilles Heel poster

Achilles Heel

Movie · as Dave Irwin

1972
Polanski Meets Macbeth poster

Polanski Meets Macbeth

Movie · as Self

1972
Villains poster

Villains

TV · as Monty Parkin · 3 eps

1971
Macbeth poster

Macbeth

Movie · as Banquo

1970
Hamlet poster

Hamlet

Movie · as Horatio

1970
Play for Today poster

Play for Today

TV · as Brian · 1 ep

1969
Two Feet Off the Ground

Two Feet Off the Ground

Movie · as Norm

1969
Doctor in the House poster

Doctor in the House

TV · 26 eps

1969
Strange Report poster

Strange Report

TV · as Savi · 1 ep

1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre poster

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

TV · as Norm · 1 ep

1967
Son of the City

Son of the City

Movie · as George Leese

1967
Travelling Light

Travelling Light

Movie · as Arnold Champion

1967
City '68

City '68

TV · as Andy Blake · 1 ep

1965
Public Eye poster

Public Eye

TV · 1 ep

1965
BBC Play of the Month poster

BBC Play of the Month

TV · as Orestes, King Ferdinand of Navarre · 1 ep

1960
Coronation Street poster

Coronation Street

TV · as Robert Croft · 4 eps

1956
Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards

TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV · as Horatio · 1 ep